Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Spain as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Spain: Hiring through intermediaries
The practice of hiring staff initially through umbrella companies, or similar intermediaries, remains unlawful …
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Spain: Reform of collective bargaining
A reform of collective bargaining now appears to be on the horizon as the socialist and communist governing coalition seeks to back track on previous IMF concessions …
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Spain: New Metal-industry collective agreement concluded
A new Metal-industry collective agreement has been concluded between the national employer federation Confemetal and unions CCOO and UGT FICA …
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Spain: Beckham law
Employers are reminded that if they hire foreign workers, the workers should be in a position to take advantage of a flat-rate income tax rate for up to five years …
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Spain: Modification to the existing law against gender violence
A modification has been made under Galician law to the existing law against gender violence to those who have had violence inflicted on a close relative …
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Spain: Towns welcoming migrants
Foreign companies may now wish to locate their digital workers temporarily to a peaceful corner of southern Europe …
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Spain: Meal tickets for home workers
Two trade unions have brought a case against a leading medical products supplier concerning the right to ongoing payments for meal tickets during the temporary reversion to teleworking during the health crisis …
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Spain: Gig-economy riders in Spain must become staff within 90 days under new rule
30,000 couriers and food delivery drivers across Spain must soon stop working on a freelance basis with effect from mid-August 2021 …
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Spain: ERTE extension
An extension to government support measures under the ERTE scheme will now continue until 30th September 2021 …
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Spain: A new double taxation agreement between Spain and China has been concluded
Double Taxation Agreements have been concluded between Spain and two major Asian trading partners – China and Japan …
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Spain: Radical change in insurance sector
The insurance sector in Spain is going through a radical change as new ventures are formed and the market is being fought over by a few key players …
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Spain: AEPD fines EDP ENERGÍA €1.5M for security and transparency violations
The Spanish data protection authority has fined EDP Energia €1 …
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Spain: Pay registers
Royal Decree 902/2020 is now in force …
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Spain: The National Court annuls the Bank of Spain the hiring of 92 administrative staff
An appeal to the Supreme Court is now likely following the ruling of a lower court in Madrid that the Bank of Spain had followed a biased selection process when seeking to fill 92 administrative positions …
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Spain: Four-day working week
Political agreement has been reached within the national government to experiment with the introduction of the four-day, 32-hour working week …
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